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Amidst preparing for final exams and putting the finishing touches on projects, campus life appeared to stop momentarily last week with the Freddie Gray protests that began in Baltimore and traveled to Towson. On Wednesday, Towson students organized a march from campus to Baltimore City Hall as part of #BaltimoreUprising.

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This time last year I can remember preparing to take over the role of Arts and Life Editor after my good friend and colleague Daryllee Hale decided to step down from her

position. At the time, I was terrified. Although I had been writing for The Towerlight since before I even moved onto campus my freshman semester, I had never really imagined myself taking an editor’s position, and certainly not as a sophomore. Looking back, I cannot begin to describe what a difference this past year has made. I started college as an incredibly quiet and dependent 17-year-old and have

transformed into a completely new person. I have stepped outside my comfort zone and learned what it is like to approach complete strangers every day and talk to individuals both on and off campus about a range of topics. I have had the opportunity to interview celebrities, campus guests, professors and faculty. I have recruited new writers and Towerlight contributors and tried my best to be there for them and help them in whatever way possible. I have held meetings, made big decisions, written cover stories and spearheaded projects. Now, as Editor-in-Chief, I am ready and incredibly excited to take on a whole new list of initiatives. First and foremost, I intend to keep up the incredible work that our previous editor, Jonathan Munshaw, has put his heart and soul into for the past two years. They will certainly be large Ron Swanson-sized shoes, but I will do my best to fill them. Second, I want The Towerlight to

have more of a presence on Towson’s campus. I would like the names and faces of the members of our editorial board and staff to become known on campus so that students feel more encouraged to reach out to us. I want the door to our office, room 309 in the University Union, to always been open and I want to give Towson’s campus and community a voice for the many projects, events and initiatives that take place here every single day. This also means letting readers know that while yes, we do take our role as journalists very seriously, we are also just your everyday college students. So third, I would like The Towerlight to not only continue to cover the serious and newsworthy stories, but also act as a source of entertainment and a resource for readers. Providing content that is not only true and relevant but also meaningful and important to students in their daily life is a significant

goal that I hope to achieve in the coming year. Stepping into this position amidst all that has been taking place in Baltimore this past weekend was the first of the many challenging and rewarding situations that I am certain are still to come. However, I hope that during this time and beyond The Towerlight can continue to be a reliable source for students and Towson community members. With a strong editorial team behind me I am confident that we will be able to continue to improve upon The Towerlight’s reputation as your campus and community news source. I am also always happy to speak to anyone who may have any questions or concerns and can be reached in the office or by email at editor@thetowerlight.com. I am very eager to begin this journey, and cannot wait to hear from each of you to help you tell your Towson story.

Letter from Tim The justice of conflict resolution Chandler Imagine you are in grade school with a teacher renown for giving detention to all students with freckles. Some rumors say this teacher once had a bad experience with a kid with freckles. He thinks that freckles are a sign of evil and he refuses to teach any spotted student. Each day without fail, he assigns detention to every visibly-freckled student that walks into his classroom, without warning or reason. This teacher has been handing out detentions for decades, but his tenure has left him untouchable and unaccountable. The detention hall overflows daily with banished students, all sent there by this one man. What are the students to do about this problem? Should they boycott his class and possibly fail? Should they once again report him to the principal, knowing no changes will follow? Should they set the school

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on fire? Or should they carry on as they always have, and watch this man continue to punish innocent students? These students are angered by a common helplessness experienced by their peers, all victimized by a powerful authority. They might threaten or throw stuff at the teacher, but he still has to teach and be at school every day. Instead of lashing out and acting similarly to this teacher’s negative behavior, the student’s shared passion can be used constructively to possibly create a school where every student has the right to learn, regardless of complexion. Instead of reflecting the disgust of a judgmental man, the students have the power to change the social dynamic. In cases like this, repetitive injustice requires a clear-minded student body to seek effective solutions. When the administration finally acknowledges that the teacher’s behavior is unacceptable and dic-

tates that students are no longer detained for things they can’t control, a lot of students will have the opportunity for a new start. These students need to know that justice can allow past issues to be settled and laid to rest. The past should be remembered, but treated with the intention of learning from it and moving forward. It might be easier said than done, but human progress should be the top priority. Gandhi had it right when he said “be the change you want to see in the world.” If you want peace, be peaceful. If you want equality, treat others equally. If you want to put out a fire, don’t start a new one. This world can be exactly the way we envision it if we act accordingly. We have the tools we need to build a harmonious school; the only thing stopping us our reluctance to do it. So let’s get on the same page. It just might start with us. Our generation will be running things soon.

This has been a challenging, painful and difficult week for all of us. The issues that we are struggling with are profound and must be faced with on-going dialogue and constructive efforts if we are going to make meaningful changes to our society. I am immensely proud of the way our students have articulated what we know is our shared responsibility. I am in full support of and applaud our students, faculty and staff’s ongoing work to create safe spaces for this type of hard but essential work. We must also remember that we are a community and as such need to be sensitive to each other and rely on our shared values to guide us. As developments continue to unfold, let’s keep our focus on finding answers passionately, peacefully, and productively. Timothy J.L. Chandler Interim President

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Hearing The Roar May 5, 2015

The Roar ticket takes 2015-2016 SGA Executive Board SAM SHELTON News Editor @sam_tweets_now

When SGA president-elect Kurt Anderson heard that all 12 of The Roar’s senatorial candidates won their seats Thursday night, he knew that the movement’s Executive Board ticket was also set to succeed. “If we swept the Senate seats, I knew we were fine because that meant our campaigning worked,” he said. Anderson was elected SGA president over current Chief of Staff Gayon Sampson by a margin of 444 votes. Vice President-elect, sophomore Taylor James, received 1,867 votes, the most out of any executive board candidate. Her Ohana counterpart, Kyle Bamberger, received 1,292. Treasurer-elect Rebecca Ellison received 1,765 votes to Samantha Figueroa’s 1,384. Vanessa Agbar took the race for Attorney General with 1,771 votes, 387 more than Ohana’s Maia Williams. Junior Jamal Washington will be nominated to serve as Chief of Staff.

The senatorial race saw 33 students run for 18 open seats, 12 of which went to supporters of The Roar, who are listed on the movement’s campaign site. All but one of the The Roar’s Judicial Board candidates were also elected. Despite this, James said that there is no risk of a 2015-2016 SGA stacked in the Executive Board’s favor. “Say we wanted to pass something. Even if every single one of our senators voted yes, it still wouldn’t pass,” she said. This year’s contested election drew votes from 3,247 undergrad students, more than twice the turnout of last year’s uncontested election. Anderson and James credit this to the diversity of candidates and the relationships they formed with “the average Towson student,” according to Anderson. “I think it’s because we had all different types of people running,” James said. “It wasn’t just IFC Greeks or PanHellenic Greeks. We touched so many people. And that was our goal...we need to be able to relate to more than just these two

big groups of people.” The Roar campaigned on promises of accessibility, transparency and diversity. In the coming term, they plan to “change the culture of the SGA” by opening new lines of communication and cooperation between the Senate and the student body at large. During their campaign, members spoke about implementing greater oversight on internal spending, creating a meal bank that struggling students can draw from, building an online banking system for student groups and reworking the Tiger Stripes funding program. Anderson says that some initiatives, like parking and the creation of a 24-hour shuttle line, will take more time to develop. “We want to focus on things that not only people now can see, but that

Photo by Patrick Burke/ The Towerlight Rebecca Ellison, Taylor James, Kurt Anderson, Vanessa Agbar and Jamal Washington pose outside the Union.

will make a difference for people who are going to come after us,” James said. SGA senator Omnia Shedid, who was among The Roar’s 12 senatorial candidates elected for next year, said during the results ceremony that she is excited what the SGA will be able to do in the next term. “The passion that this movement has, the drive and the motivation. We are going to get stuff done, and I’m talking about real change,” Shedid said. According to Anderson, some of those changes will come sooner than others. As soon as The Roar’s term starts, at 12:01 p.m., May 11, Anderson says that he wants to get rid of SGA Executive Board parking privileges. “That’s something we campaigned on, so at 12:02 I’ll be emailing [Director of Parking and Transportation Pam Mooney] to cancel our staff parking,” he said. As it stands, parking permit-holding members of the Executive Board may park in Union Garage and Admin lot parking spaces “when they are

doing business,” according to Mooney. Anderson plans on buying a parking permit in the Fall, instead of utilizing the free parking enabled for the SGA President due to his or her presence on the Board of Visitors. “People walk to classes, and we don’t need a parking spot right at Admin,” James said. “We can walk to meetings. Administrators walk to meetings.” Anderson and the rest of the recently-elected Executive Board want to address programs like diversity training for SGA personnel and increased support of student groups early on in their term. “Number one is going to be looking at what we can do to support student orgs,” Anderson said. “That’s the easiest thing and the quickest thing we can implement. We’re going to spend a lot of time during our summer retreat looking at every single policy, our Tiger Stripes program, our funding policy, to make sure that every group has equal access.” “We need to make sure that our policy works for every single group on this campus,” he said. -Nilo Exar contributed to this article. -Logo courtesy of Kurt Anderson.

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April 25: In Parking Lot 13, a resident student was cited for urinating in public. April 27: An unknown caller informed TUPD that he was armed and had an explosive device at Cook Library. A search of the building was negative. Investigation is ongoing. April 27: In Tower B, a resident student entered a room without permission of another resident student after a verbal disagreement. April 29: In West Village Garage, a resident had their windshield damaged while parked. No witnesses or suspects. April 30: In the University Union, a staff member found biased writing on a wall in the bathroom. No witnesses or suspects. The Towerlight’s “Police Blotter” is a representative sample of crimes occurring on and off campus. The blotter is not intended to be all inclusive. For a list of all crime reports, visit www.towson.edu/police.

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ticipate and fight for all of the things that we know are right and good with Hundreds of thundering and echothe world, I think that experience ing voices filled the tree-lined streets changed my life,” Johnson said. of Mt. Vernon as a diverse crowd of Members of the National Guard protesters, led by two Towson stustood armed and ready to intervene if dents, marched toward Baltimore necessary outside of city hall. City Hall, demanding to be heard, “What do we want? Justice! When Wednesday, April 29. do we want it? Now!” “All night, all day, we will fight for When the protest made it to the Freddie Gray.” barricades, Johnson and Gillespie The group of picket signs and bancalled for a moment of silence. The ners carried by students from dozens National Guard would not have to of high schools and stop any rioters or universities, families looters today. and other members The message I give a lot of credit of the Baltimore traveled back to Towson for being community, was through the long as out front on this as line of protestors led by two Towson students, Korey and soon the group we’ve been. We all Johnson and John fell nearly silent. need to be in the Gillespie. They rode “That was gordown the streets in business of figuring this geous. That was the back of a red absolutely gorout together. pickup truck emblageous,” Gillespie TODD KENREICH zoned with the Professor said. “If people had message “Justice 4 any fear that we Freddie Gray” as their calls for juswere disorganized, then that comtice rang out. pletely destroyed that.” “No justice, no peace. No racist Penn Station to Baltimore City police.” Hall wasn’t the only leg of the march From the bed of the truck Johnson on Wednesday. On Towson’s campus, and Gillespie guided the crowd of Johnson and Gillespie led a rally at protesters with their arms linked Freedom Square that drew the attenin a variety of chants and calls and tion of faculty and administration. responses. Tara Bynum, an assistant proGillespie said that when he fessor in the English department, climbed into the truck his thoughts said that she attended the on-camwere very focused on what was going pus rally for a couple of reasons, to come next. including the fact that she is from “It was all action. It was like ‘so Baltimore City and wanted to show this is what happens, this is what I support for her students. gotta do now,’” Gillespie said. “I have great problems with the Gillespie said that he wanted to way that black men and women are make sure that the crowd stayed treated in Baltimore City and across energized, organized and peaceful. the nation,” she said. “There needs “To see the amount of people to be some kind of reform.” show so much support and parBynum noted that she wasn’t sure,

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exactly, what that reform would look like, but that some sort of change needed to occur. The rally on campus opened up with the crowd singing “This Little Light of Mine” and then moved into a student reading of a spokenword piece. The group of students did a quick loop past Cook Library and Linthicum Hall before heading back to Freedom Square to organize travel to Penn Station. The student rally received logistical help from several community organizations, including Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle, City Bloc and Bmore United. While some students organized with bullhorns and painted signs in response to the arrest and death of Freddie Gray and the subsequent riots in Baltimore City, other students organized with trash bags and gloves. Emmanuel Duru, a Towson senior first went into Baltimore City on Tuesday, and then again throughout the week, to take part in the clean-up initiatives. “We had a big group organized, maybe 60 people with trash bags, gloves and whatnot picking up what we can,” Duru said. “We just heard so many powerful things from people downtown. A lot of people were saying great things, like one guy was handing out voter registration cards, saying, ‘guys, let’s move for change.’” Duru said that the CVS that had been looted had a powerful, horrible smell like it was still burning. “We cleaned up a lot of trash,” he said. “The irony of when I was cleaning trash up was that I was cleaning up trash in a CVS bag so it was just like yeah, the city was messed up.”

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Duru said that there was “a lot of “I give a lot of credit to Towson for positivity” and people handing out being as out front on this as we’ve water and feeding protesters. been,” Kenreich said. “We all need “The people there genuinely care to be in the business of figuring this about the city because when you live there, even though it’s a rough out together.” situation, you learn to work with it With six officers involved in the because that is where you are from,” Freddie Gray case being charged he said. criminally and the curfew in On Towson’s campus, in addiBaltimore City lifted, some of the tion to the student-led rally, faculty tension seems to have been reduced, but for Gillespie and others, the work members came together to organize is not finished. teach-ins on Thursday, April 30, and “I don’t think that that’s the end,” Monday, May 4. he said. “Charges is not a conviction Janese Daniels, an associate and a conviction is not the end of professor from the department of police brutality on black people. It’s early childhood education, is from still the beginning.” Baltimore, and worked with Todd In addition, Johnson said that the Kenreich, from the department of issues they’re involved with are “a secondary and middle school educaconstant struggle.” tion, to organize the first teach-in. “We are educators, so by nature, “While one march was really powwe seek understanding and ways to erful, we should be marching every make sense of things that affect the day,” she said. “We should be doing community. That's what we were trysomething every day.” ing to do,” Daniels said. For individuals looking to furThe two worked with offices on ther discuss these events, Towson campus, like the will be holding a Center for Student third teach on Diversity, to bring Wednesday, May 6 the events togethWhile one march was at 2 p.m. featuring er. guest speakers and really powerful, we At the first a panel discussion should be marching teach-in, over 100 on how the events people gathered in Baltimore have everyday. We should in small-group impacted Towson. be doing something circles to discuss A d d i t i o n a l l y, every day. what was going on faculty and staff in Baltimore and will be availKOREY JOHNSON their thoughts and able to engage in Student organizer ideas about the drop-in conversalarger issues. tions at various dining halls and the Kenreich said that he was “thrilled University Union on May 5 and 6 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and delighted” with the turnout, and -Carley Milligan contributed to happy to see such a diverse mix of this article. students, faculty and administrators.

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Images from the student-led rally in Baltimore, on campus

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Photos by Patrick Burke/ The Towerlight Towson students Korey Johnson and John Gillespie lead people in a protest in downtown Baltimore (top two) and on Towson’s campus in Freedom Square (bottom) on Wednesday, April 29.

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Suicide prevention walk SYDNEY ENGELHARDT Contributing Writer

According to Jonathan Schettino, coordinator of anxiety and depression services at Towson’s Counseling Center, ten percent of college student have thought about committing suicide. “On a campus like Towson where there is 22,000 students that means 2,200 students have had suicidal thoughts,” Schettino said. At 1,100 deaths each year, suicide is the second leading cause of death among college students. In order to bring attention to the importance of suicide prevention, Towson University Counseling Center partnered with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and hosted the Out of the Darkness Walk on Sunday, May 3. “The main goal of this walk is to raise money for suicide prevention and awareness on college campuses,” Schettino said. “The funds raised by this walk not only go to prevention efforts around here, but also national efforts as part of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention mission.” The walk brought students together to raise money and show the impor-

tance of understanding the seriousness of suicide. “Suicide is a major public health concern on college campuses across the country,” Schettino said. “In terms of lost of life, it kills more people each year than terrorism and murder, but we spend so much money on those things and much less attention is spent on suicide.” The goal for this Out of the Darkness walk was to raise $5,000, and with preregistered walkers they raised $4,500, although they were hoping to reach their goal with walkups according to Schettino. “We feel it is important to get the word out about this [and] support public health concern to raise funds for research for prevention and awareness,” Schettino said. There were also tables at the walk for other student groups that share similar goals as AFSP and the Counseling Center, such as the Active Minds student group. “Active Minds is a student group that advocates against the stigmas of mental illness,” said Heather Rera, president of Active Minds. “We want more people to be willing to talk about mental illness in order to lower suicidal deaths.” Schettino hopes that students who

participated in the event walked away with a better understanding of importance of suicide awareness and the ability to have open dialogue about suicide. “I gained a sense of togetherness from the event and would do it every week,” sophomore Joe Hawkins said. “I think this is an important event because it helps bring people together to not only inform them about suicide, but become a much more supportive peer as well.”

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Students take part in the “Out of the Darkness Walk” on May 3 around campus.

First open mic, great turnout CHRISTINE LAFRANCESCA Staff Writer

Last Tuesday, the Towson Alcohol Peer Education Program teamed up with Tri Delta sorority to host their first Open Mic Night in PAWS. Health Educator at the Counseling Center, Allison Frey, said she hopes that with the support of students, the counseling center can continue running open mics on a regular basis. “This is our first open mic and the turnout is incredible,” Frey said. “We’d love to make this a yearly thing, possibly even every semester. We expected to have a lot of really talented people want to be involved but, this is amazing.” Sophomore and English major Aanachl Patrick read an excerpt from an original piece titled, “Cardboard Boxes.” Patrick expressed the anxiety and panic that might accompany any performer once they are face-toface with an audience. “I was really nervous and honest-

ly so panicky once I got on stage,” Patrick said. “I haven’t performed in over three years, so I feel like I didn’t do the best possible job once I was on stage. Reading from such a personal story about abandonment might have not been the best choice for me. I think that’s why my hands were shaking so much.” Patrick emphasized that practicing and rehearsing is the key to performance success. “Advice to anyone who is thinking about getting on a stage: Please make sure you’re ready,” Patrick said. “Practice in front of your friends or family if you can. It’ll help tremendously and help calm last minute panic nerves.” Sophomore JT Crestwell, aka “Acrylic Matter,” is a guitarist, singer and solo performer who sang two original songs, “Ceiling” and “Need Your Love.” “I started playing at around ninth grade,” Crestwell said. “I still get nervous performing, but it’s an amazing kind of nervous,

you know?” Crestwell explained the importance of trial and error and going with your gut. “Anyone who wants to perform, they should just go for it,” Crestwell said. “You have to try your most vulnerable stuff and see what works. Some of it might be amazing, some might be awful. You won’t know until you try it on a crowd.” Graduate student Megan Murray assisted in the coordination of Open Mic Night and was ecstatic about the turn out. She hopes to continue drug and alcohol education through sober events. “We want to show students that they don’t have to drink or do drugs to have fun,” Murray said. “We want to give students a creative space to be sober, have fun and express themselves to their fullest, positive potential.” Students interested in performing at the next Open Mic Night can contact Allison Frey for more information at afrey@towson.edu.

Review: Age of Ultron

Marvel excels For millions of viewers, the three-year-long wait has finally ended. The next epic superhero flick written and directed by Joss Whedon is finally here, and this may possibly be the most talkedabout movie of the summer. All of the Avengers have returned to face their next foe, an artificial intelligence machine named Ultron. This enemy, played by the hilarious Robert Downey Jr., was created by someone on the side of justice itself, Tony Stark. Through sheer confidence, wealth and power, along with the brains supported by Mark Ruffalo’s Bruce Banner, this could be the inspiration behind Stark’s decision to build Ultron. In the film, though, we never get a blunt reason or purpose. Nonetheless, Ultron becomes super intelligent, achieves a mind of his own (created by Stark in the first place, so some part of Stark is in Ultron) and builds his own master plan to begin a new world of peace. In the movie, we learn that Ultron’s plan was an aspect of Stark’s own yearning for world peace. However Ultron believes wiping out every last human, starting with the Avengers, is a logical form of action. The Avengers must continue their quest for worldwide peace yet again. This happens after defeating a criminal in the beginning of the film from another villain of the Avengers, Hydra. When Stark eventually introduces Ultron as a work in progress to Banner, he hopes he can help complete the project. As mentioned earlier, Ultron goes rogue and leads the Avengers to come together and save the world. That part, I believe, was a bit cliché. A couple of new faces have graced the Whedon screen. Twin orphans, Aaron Taylor-Johnson’s Quicksilver and Elizabeth Olsen’s Scarlet Witch, team up with Ultron in his master plan to combat each Avenger in a series of battles. The super-speed of Quicksilver and the mind manipulation of Scarlet Witch gives this duo super strength in battle. Taylor-Johnson and Olsen are masters of the screen. Their Russian accents are spot-on and their chemistry couldn’t be any more obvious.

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They were a perfect pair in last year’s “Godzilla” and they are even better in the latest Whedon picture; by far my favorite characters of the film. One interesting aspect of this film that I enjoyed was when Scarlet Witch used her mind manipulation powers to hinder the Avenger’s fight for justice. Scarlet Witch forced each Avenger to see into their most haunting thoughts. It was very interesting to see how the mighty Avengers looked when they thought ‘all was lost.’ Scarlet Witch also used her powers to turn each Avenger against one another by getting them to resent each other. But the internal building of courage and trust between teammates brought out the audience’s inner child as they smiled at the unity of our favorite superheroes. The elements of comedy that we have come to expect from Tony Stark (and Robert Downey Jr. altogether) and the connections and conversations he has with his teammates, felt a little lackluster this time. Yes, there are multiple little chuckles from quick whips and funny lines, but it definitely felt forced for me and it took me out of the action. It seems like Whedon knew his audience was going to laugh inevitably, so Stark could have done practically anything to bring laughs, but when it’s one after another constantly, it gets old fast. Especially with the tame child-friendly jokes as this is in fact a Disney movie. There were some good jokes and a few that really hit the target, but others that almost went right past me due to poor delivery. Overall, this action-packed hell of a ride is a satisfying sequel where justice is delivered to the characters and story. Without the new characters, Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch and Ultron, and what the three of them had to offer to this different story within the Avengers universe, I feel this would’ve been just as the same as the 2012 flick, with nothing so special in comparison. I went for the Avengers, but stayed for TaylorJohnson and Olsen’s performances; another success story of an epic by Whedon that drives audiences to movie theaters everywhere. I give this flick 4 out of 5 stars.

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Story of a town, not just a crime CARLEY MILLIGAN Editor-in-Chief @CarleyMilligan

The members of Towson’s Actors Anonymous theatre troupe brought real and relevant problems to light through their production of “The Laramie Project” May 2 and 3 in the Chesapeake rooms. “‘The Laramie Project’ is the story of Matthew Sheppard and how he was beaten to death for being a homosexual at the University of Wyoming,” senior and co-founder of Actors Anonymous Amanda Shorr said. “With everything that is going on in the media and society right now, it’s just something that is good to bring attention to.” Shorr mentioned the recent suicide of transgender teen Leelah

Alcorn and said that her death, like Sheppard’s, is a story that should be shared with the community. “It should be something that is known to everybody because in order for us to create our future, we have to learn from our past,” she said. The play was especially meaningful to director and junior Timothy Huth, because he felt that he could relate with many of the characters. “I am a gay man, like the man who was killed, and like a lot of the characters in the play, but I am also an Eagle Scout, like the murderer and the hateful preacher from the beginning of the third act,” he said. “It’s weird to think that those two identities can work together, but also juxtapose each other so well.” When they first chose to perform “The Laramie Project,” Huth

said that it was during the protests that were taking place in Ferguson, Missouri. Although the play does not directly deal with the concepts of racial inequality or police brutality, it does explore the experiences of individuals living in a community where a national story has taken place. “We talk a lot about how events define towns,” Huth said of the play. He mentioned places like Ferguson and Columbine, only known to many as a place of violence rather than a city. “All of these places are defined by the action that happened in them, and how do you live in a town like that where the world sees you as ‘this event’ but you are not just that event,” Huth said. “Yes, Laramie is a town where a hate crime happened,

but it is so much more than that and there is so much more happening there.” President and co-founder of Actors Anonymous Anne Rubin said that they wanted to give students the opportunity to see a real-life story and bring to light an issue that they hoped to spread around campus. “We saw the opportunity to have a show that talks about an important issue,” Rubin said. “Because we have done comedies and we have done musicals, but we wanted to have this semester something we haven’t done before, which would be a drama.” The play itself is comprised of interviews and found text quoted directly from those individuals immediately involved in the real life situation. Huth said that because of this, he felt that the words were the most

important part of the play to convey to audience members. “We really focused on the fact that these are words that real people said, these are interviews with real people, these are news reports and speeches that people gave,” he said. “It’s the words I wanted to get across and I know they [the actors] do a good job of emoting without having to be seen. I was really proud of them for that.” For Huth, what really gave the performance life was the relevance of the play in concurrence with the events that took place in Baltimore the past week. “Those events made this play come together because you can never really understand it until you are living it and we are living it right now,” he said. “It always surprises me how relevant theater is.”

Can we take a moment to reflect on the fact that it is already May? We have less than three weeks of school left, and yet it somehow feels like I have three months of projects, exams and classwork to do (thanks, profs). In the midst of studying for finals, dreaming of summer and attempting to enjoy the sunshine, some major news dropped about one of the most highly anticipated upcoming movies. David Ayer, director of “Suicide Squad,” also known as “Task Force X,” has released the first official poster with the all-star cast. “Suicide Squad” focuses on all of the most well-known villains of the DC Comics universe who have banded together to be part of a task force that executes dangerous missions to receive shorter prison sentences. From the classic Joker and Deadshot played by Jared Leto and Will Smith to Harley Quinn and the Enchantress brought to life by Margot Robbie and Cara Delevingne, this movie is shaping up to be one of the biggest blockbusters of the DC Comic world. The whole world cried in disbelief when Jared Leto took to Instagram to show off his freshly cut new hairdo (RIP Leto’s man-bun), and he wasn’t the only one to done a new look for the movie. Will Smith

is now rocking a bald head and Cara Delevingne will transform her beautiful supermodel self to blend in as the dark and looming Enchantress. Although I am extremely excited that Ayer shared the photo, I am distraught over the fact that the Joker is noticeably missing from the crew, which would have drastically improved it, in my oh-so humble opinion. Fear not my fellow Tigers, you can still get your fix of Leto’s interpretation of the Joker when Ayer posted a picture on his Twitter in honor of the Joker’s 75th birthday, and let me tell you, it’s terrifying. Yes, I know that we all hail the late Heath Ledger as being one of the most psychotic on-screen villains to date, but I believe that Leto has the capability to take this to a whole new level. Not only does he look the part as an almost exact replica to some comic variations, but he obviously can deliver in the acting department as well. Although he is well-known as the lead singer of the band 30 Seconds to Mars, he was critically acclaimed for the work he did in “Dallas Buyers Club.” Leto won an Oscar for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role for the movie and has received an increased amount of media attention ever since. Needless to say, I am extremely excited for this movie to be released on August 5, 2016.

Fraternity 5K on fire The new squad PIKE raises money for Hopkins pediatric burn unit KRISTIN HELF Staff Writer

Sophomore psychology and political science major Emma Sage said that the money donated to Johns Hopkins’ pediatric burn unit was “a great cause.” Sage described the experience of a young boy who was provided with sensory machines used to keep his mind off of the pain while he was being treated. Hearing his story reinforced Sage’s belief that donating to the unit was a worthwhile endeavor. “It’s good to help out,” she said. Despite the event’s one-week postponement, over 500 students showed up on Saturday, May 2 for the activities that members of Greek Life competed in. Junior Jack Weber said the event’s two main goals were to, “…fundraise, and one for student participation and we were pretty successful in both.” Compared to last year, participation rates were higher yet, the amount of money fundraised was down. Although Weber said that the challenge, which Towson students have raised over $80,000 for in just four years, was still successful. “Our opening night we had to cancel, which kind of sets the tone

for the Fireman’s Challenge every year,” Weber said. “It’s usually after opening night when people start fundraising really hard. And we cancelled that, so all our fundraising was delayed by two days.” Other events included making comedic fire safety videos to be judged by PIKE, participating in a wing eating contest and cornhole tournament, racing through an obstacle course and running a 5K around campus. Students could even compete in a timed event to spray out the flames

burning on a wooden “fire house.” The Providence Fire Department, who comes out every year to support PIKE’s philanthropy efforts, supervised this aspect of the previously mentioned event. Weber wants Towson University students to remember that this is not only a fun event, but it’s also for a good cause. They donate 100 percent of the proceeds to Johns Hopkins. “We want to keep students aware and make it a fun event, so they still come out every year,” Weber said.

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Students participate in the 5K run around Towson’s campus for PIKE’s annual Fireman’s Challenge on Saturday, May 2. All of the proceeds went directly to Johns Hopkins’ pediatric burn unit. Other events in the challenge included a wing eating contest and an obstacle course.

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“The Tale of Princess Kaguya” takes place in ancient Japan, where a middle-aged bamboo cutter (James Caan) discovers a small girl (Chloe Grace Moretz) the size of his palm inside of a bamboo shoot. Believing that she has been sent from the gods, the bamboo cutter and his wife (Mary Steenburgen) decide to raise her as their own. As the child rapidly grows into a young girl, her father comes across gold in a bamboo shoot and takes her to the capital, believing that it is the gods’ wishes to make her into a genuine princess. The girl is given the name “Kaguya.” Despite being the center of everyone’s attention, Kaguya becomes increasingly unhappy when those around her try to force things upon her under the pretense that it will make her “happy.” Story-wise, the film follows very closely with its source material, “The

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Tale of the Bamboo Cutter,” one of Japan’s oldest folktales. Anyone familiar with the tale will know how the movie ultimately ends. The most impressive and most notable thing about the film is its animation. Studio Ghibli’s films always have impressive animation, but “Kaguya” takes a step back from their more traditional anime style, and moves more toward a watercolor style that is beautiful to look at. “Kaguya” is a quiet and slow-moving film, but still pleasant to watch. That said, the title character herself is not that interesting; Kaguya is too perfect of a character. In a sense, that is what she is suppose to be – a perfect, celestial princess – but the attempts to humanize her fall a little flat because she never comes off as a particularly warm or caring person. “Kaguya” is just okay; it’s decent, and any animation fan should watch it, but it’s not the best that has come out of Studio Ghibli.

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First time in Ocean City New grooves This past weekend, I was lucky enough to go on a trip to Ocean City with Towson’s Surf Club. From what I can tell, it seems that most Marylanders have been to Ocean City before. A lot of you may have visited for Senior Week, and many of you may have gone multiple times before and since then, perhaps even every summer since you were six! Needless to say, there are many destinations like OC in Australia where families may own beach houses or simply go on holiday every summer until the kids are too old, and too cool to want to hang out with mum and dad for a week. Obviously this is still the tail end of the off-season, so the beaches and boardwalks were tolerably populated rather than bursting at the seams. As a ‘surf trip’, the intention was to surf, of course. However, the water was freezing like Antarctica, profanely icy and so inhospitably hypothermic that only the bravest (or craziest) among us dared attempt it. Although not with-

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out full body thermal wetsuits, hoods, boots and gloves. Being the spoilt surfing brat that I am with the balmy curling waves of Australia to look forward to in about a month, I politely declined getting frostbite for the sake of a few messy choppers. Happily, the excitement of the boardwalk thoroughly made up for the un-surfable ocean. I haven’t heard of the concept of a boardwalk before – I don’t think that they exist in Australia but I could be wrong. It was packed with a fun variety of cool tourist shops, souvenir stores, heaps of food outlets, amusement centers and attractions. After about 200 meters (about 220 yards), I noticed the shops began repeating themselves with the same identical neon t-shirts, hoodies and sweats with in-your-face slogans and Ocean City bravado. I also saw drug rugs (a new phrase I learnt), beach

jewelry and imitation designer brand sunglasses. I got to try some of the famous boardwalk food; Thrasher’s delectable vinegar-drenched fries, Fisher’s popcorn in every flavor and Dumser’s super creamy ice cream. On Saturday we visited the famous Assateague Island, home of the wild beach ponies. Let it be known that this was one of the major Maryland attractions promoted in the tourist brochures I read at the US embassy while waiting for my visa to be approved. The romantic images of wild beach ponies galloping along the sand, manes and tails billowing in slow motion in the wind were somewhat overblown. We saw one haggard brown pony plodding along the edge of the road with a gaggle of neon-clad children with iPhones following behind it. Overall, I loved OC and I was sad to leave.

to work on a piece and before it is ready to show, but this time she only had eight, two hours rehearsals to Towson University’s Dance teach it to the dancers. This caused Department has continued to break her and the other dancers to have to the mold of what many usually really pull from their inspiration in expect from a dance performance. order to have the piece ready in time. The dancers and choreographers “The time challenge also created have continued to shift their style new ways to solve creative problems and artistry to stay in touch with the and actually became useful in the ever-evolving art world. end,” Romita said. Their spring performance, Romita was not the only one who “Interludes,” debuted this past suffered from the challenge of time, Friday, May 1, where not only is associate professor Vincent Thomas there a ballet repertory piece peralso found this to be his biggest formed in tie dye, but there are also obstacle to overcome. Thomas multiple comedic acts featuring a choreographed both the Men’s variety of props. Repertory piece “In Step” and the “This is my third semester with closing number for the company the company and there is always “Punchline.” something new and exciting that is “In Step” focuses on staying offered,” junior Aliyah Caldwell said. peaceful throughout times of hard“It is never the same choreographers ship, and carried a particular impact or style of dance offered.” because of the recent events in This semester, not only did the TU Baltimore. dance faculty choreograph the pieces, “In these times we are faced with they also brought in the Rehearsal conflict, issues of frustrations, anger, Assistant for the Ailey II Company rage… we must [be] mindful to walk in New York City, Alia Kache, to in peace,” Thomas said. “For me, choreograph a piece called “South.” the piece is a vivid reminder of the This piece dealt with power of peaceful her upbringing and protest.” how the women in His next piece This is my third her family shaped “Punchline” carsemester with the her into the woman ried comedic relief that she is today. The company and there and the dancers audience members utilized props such is always something as microphones to could see choreogranew and exciting that represent stand-up phy with a lot of hip motions that gives off comedians. is offered. a groovy feeling that L e c t u r e r ALIYAH CALDWELL Runqioa Du chois “new” and “innovaJunior tive,” Caldwell said. reographed a ballet “My favorite piece in the show is repertory piece with nontraditional Alia Kache’s piece because the moveelements. The choreography was trament is very stylistic, so I enjoyed ditional ballet with modern elements pushing myself to get the movement and the costumes gave the piece a quality along with the technical eledifferent feel than a normal ballet. ments of the choreography,” fresh“I love the costumes of the piece man Rachel Moore said. because they are tie-dyed which TU dance faculty lecturer Nancy ultimately fits the structure of the Wanich-Romita choreographed piece,” Caldwell said. “Arrivals and Departures” that con“Interludes” will be performed for tained comedic acts and an inteanother weekend at Stephens Hall grated use of props like chairs and May 9 and 10, tickets are $10 for stusuitcases. The whole company is feadents and $20 for adults. Audience tured in this piece, and the dance is members will also be able to see based off of different modes of transa modern repertory piece choreoportation and dancer interaction. graphed by associate professor Trudy “I liked Nancy’s piece because Cobb Dennard titled, “Chase My we were able to incorporate our Blues Away.” own choreography into the piece,” “Audiences will experience a specCaldwell said. “She was creative with trum of dance,” Thomas said. “They her own movement and she was also will smile, be touched, be propelled able to accept our own thoughts.” into thought, be curious and above Romita is used to having months all laugh.” HAILEY MILLER Contributing Writer

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Tye Smith drafted by Seahawks Ryan Delaire signs contract with Tampa Bay Buccaneers Former Towson cornerback Tye Smith was drafted by the Seattle Seahawks with the 170th pick in the fifth round of the 2015 NFL on Sunday. That makes it two straight years that a player from Towson was drafted. “I think this is the best team for me, as far as my style of play,” Smith told Seahawks.com. “I feel like I have an aggressive style and I like the way they play as well, very aggressive.” Smith, at 6 feet, is one of the taller cornerbacks in the draft making his stock rise for teams. He recorded 312 tackles at Towson, and established himself as a defensive back that could cover receivers and tackle them. After the 2014 season, Smith earned All-America honors for the first time. He also got All-Colonial Athletic Association honors three times in his four years.Smith raised his draft stock after his time at Towson was over. He was invited to attend the East-West Shrine game in St. Petersburg, Florida on Jan. 17. Many in the media said he helped his stock in this game, so much so that he was invited to the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis from Feb. 17-23. There, Smith ran a 4.6-second 40-yard dash. He said that was a disappointing time and was determined to improve upon it for Towson’s Pro Day.

Smith got that chance April 1 at Johnny Unitas Stadium. He ran drills for 25 NFL scouts and improved on his 40-yard dash time, according to the Baltimore Sun. “I feel like I did way better than I did at the combine,” Smith said at Pro Day. “Mostly in my 40 because I know I’m better than that 4.6 at the combine. … I was just being myself. I felt like at the combine, specifically the 40, I was uptight. I wasn’t just loose as I am and smiling as I usually do.” After Pro Day, Smith continued to work on cornerback-specific drills in

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Mabus scored two goals, including a behind-theback game-winner that was featured on SportsCenter’s 10 and tallied one assist in Towson’s 9-8 victory in Saturday’s CAA Championship Game.

On the ice and on the hardwood, the Washington Capitals and Wizards both look poised to make a serious playoff run for the first time in a long while. The prospect of the Capitals and Wizards making a deep playoff run has brought a wave of energy and excitement to the D.C. Metro area and even to the greater Baltimore area. The Wizards kicked off the playoff excitement in our nation’s capital by sweeping the Toronto Raptors, 4-0, in the Eastern Conference quarterfinals. This was the first time in franchise history that the Wizards completed a postseason sweep. Led by John Wall, Bradley Beal and the grizzled veteran Paul Pierce, the Wizards look as though they could give any team a run for their money this postseason. Along with a strong play from Wall, Beal and Pierce, the Wizards big men and defense played extraordinarily well in the series with the Raptors, making the team a wellrounded group. After a bit of a downward spiral toward the end of the regular season, it is great to see the Wizards playing their best in the postseason. So, four wins down and just 12 more to go for the Wizards to capture their first NBA title since the 1978-79 Washington Bullets beat the Seattle SuperSonics. In their next series, the Wizards are playing the Atlanta Hawks, who beat them three out of four times in

the regular season. While the numbers against the Hawks weren’t pretty in the regular season, the Wizards could easily beat them if they played like they did against the Raptors. After the Wizards completed their sweep of the Raptors, the Capitals made some noise of their own in the first round of the NHL Playoffs. Evgeny Kuznetsov collected the puck near the boards on the right wing, skated through an area of open ice and fired a shot top shelf past Islanders goalie Jaroslav Halak to lift the Capitals to a 2-1 game seven win, and a series clinching victory over the New York Islanders.

IN THIS CORNER In a series that went back and forth, the Capitals showed their resilience by earning a hard-fought 4-3 victory in game two without their number one goalie, Braden Holtby, in net. In game four of the series, the Capitals pulled out another difficult win in overtime by a final score of 2-1 on Long Island in front of a rowdy Nassau County Coliseum crowd. If the Capitals want to keep their hopes for the Stanley Cup alive this

year, they will have to get through the defending Eastern Conference Champion New York Rangers. The Rangers are arguably one of the best teams in the league this year and were able to finish the Pittsburgh Penguins in just five games in the first round. Led by goaltender Henrik Lundqvist and superstars Rick Nash, Derick Brassard and Carl Hagelin, the Rangers will be a tough team to beat. If the Capitals are going to be able to take a bite out of the Big Apple this series, the team’s star and captain, Alex Ovechkin, will need to be fully present. In the series with the Islanders, the Capitals won three out of four games that Ovechkin recorded a point. The Capitals will also need their young net-minder, Braden Holtby, to be on top of his game. In the series with the Islanders, the Capitals won three out of four games when Holtby allowed only one goal. Without a doubt, Ovechkin and Holtby will be the X-factors for the Capitals in their series with the Rangers. With the Capitals and Wizards peaking at the right time of the season, both teams have serious potential to capture a coveted championship. The fact that both teams have been performing so well at the most exciting point of the season has and will continue to bring a wave of energy and excitement to the D.C. Metro area and even the greater Baltimore area.

2015 PLAYOFFS CAPITALS AND WIZARDS COMBINED RECORD IN PLAYOFFS AFTER SUNDAY: 10-4

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- Defeated the New York Islanders, 4-3, to advance

- Defeated the Toronto Raptors, 4-0, to advance

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A behind-the-back goal from senior midfielder Justin Mabus in the last two minutes of the game helped push Towson past Massachusetts in an 8-7 victory in the CAA Championship. The win gives Towson (11-5) an automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament, after the team defeated both Drexel (7-8) and Massachusetts (5-10) in the CAA Tournament. “It’s an awesome feeling and I’m just very proud of our guys,” Head Coach Shawn Nadelen said. “I’m real proud of the team’s ability to respond after two straight losses in the regular season and to come dial it up in the tournament.” The Tigers held an 8-6 lead in the fourth quarter until the UMass Minutemen rallied and scored two straight goals to tie the game up at 8-8 with less than four minutes left in the game. Towson held the next offensive possession and almost lost the ball, as it fell to the ground and a scrum broke out for it. Mabus ended up with the ball in front of the goal and whipped a shot behind his back that got past Massachusetts redshirt junior goalie Zach Oliveri for the goahead-goal. “I honestly had the play set up to where it is was supposed to go to Max (Siskind), but I ended up with the ball and the shot just fell in for me,” Mabus said.

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This was Mabus’ second goal of the game and his fourth goal of the tournament. “The play became a scramble for the ball and from what I saw, the ball squirted out and Mabus was able to make it go in for us,” Nadelen said. Towson outplayed Massachusetts in almost every category, as the team outshot Massachusetts 40-27. Towson also had 27 groundballs as opposed to Massachusetts’s 12 groundballs. The Tigers also had a huge advantage in possessions due to sophomore midfielder Alec Burckely winning 14-of-20 face-offs in the game. Sophomore midfielder Joe Seider led the team with three goals and was named the tournament’s Most Outstanding Player. Seider’s first goal gave Towson an

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Senior midfielder Justin Mabus scored the game-winning goal, behind the back, to give Towson the CAA Championship victory.

early 1-0 lead in the first quarter. Siskind and Mabus scored right after and Towson had quick 3-0 lead. The Tigers maintained their lead until the third quarter, when the Minutemen tied the game at 5-5 and then scored the go-ahead goal two minutes later. Sophomore midfielder Mike Lynch tied the game though a few minutes later and senior midfielder Greg Cuccinello scored his second goal of the game to give the Tigers a 7-6 lead at the end of the third quarter. Redshirt junior goalie Tyler White finished with seven saves in the game and was backed behind the Towson defense, which ranks second in the country. Yesterday on Selection Sunday, broadcast on ESPNU at 9 p.m., Towson learned that it would take on High Point in a play-in game on Wednesday at Johnny Unitas Stadium. Regardless of who was chosen, Nadelen said the team was just excited to be in the tournament. “Anyone you face in the tournament is going to be a battle,” he said. “However, you have to put your best on the field and we’ll see where we go from there.” The winner of Wednesday’s game will advance to play No.1 Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana this Saturday.

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It was an up-and-down season for Towson, and the Colonial Athletic Association tournament did not stray from the script. Coming in as the No. 4 seed, Towson upset No.1 Hofstra by scoring four goals in overtime to set up a meeting with No.2 seed James Madison in the championship game on Sunday. After the Tigers jumped out to an early lead, the Dukes took control of the game and led throughout the second half to run away with the CAA championship and end the Tigers’ season with a 13-6 win in Newark, Delaware. “I thought our girls played really hard and kept fighting,” Head Coach Sonia LaMonica said. “We had good looks to the cage and we didn’t finish. That allowed James Madison to get momentum.” The loss ends a run of three consecutive CAA championships and NCAA tournament appearances. LaMonica said that although this team was younger than in previous years, she still believes it could win again. “I think coaches set high standards, so our expectations are high regardless of the players we’re working with,” she said. “We still had lofty goals this season, so coming up short on those goals is a little disappointing. But this was no doubt a bit of a rebuilding year for us.” Towson drew first blood with a goal from freshman midfielder Michelle Gildea, who scored off an assist from senior attacker Andi Raymond just over 90 seconds into the game. Raymond finished her career with 120 goals and 89 assists in four full seasons. LaMonica said the senior class had a great influence on the youth of this 2015 roster. “We’re knocking on the door with a very inexperienced group this season, but we had great seniors,” she said. “A great senior class that helped our younger players. They really allowed us to have exceptional team chemistry this year. They were such a great group to coach this season.” The Dukes answered back less than three minutes later when midfielder Leah Monticello found Alison Curwin, who beat Tigers goalie Kelsea Donnelly to tie the game. Towson continued to put pressure on the James Madison defense, putting four shots on goal in the next five minutes. The fourth shot from freshman midfielder Emily Gillingham got past James Madison goalie Schyler Healy to

give Towson the 2-1 lead. Raymond followed up with her first goal of the game with just over 19 minutes remaining in the half. She rushed past the Dukes defense before firing past Healy to move the lead to two goals. After a goal from midfielder Brooks Lawler that cut the lead to one, the Tigers made it 4-2 with 15:31 left in the game. Freshman Kaitlyn Montalbano scored from up front after a pass from Raymond. Despite the lead, Towson lost its momentum quickly and James Madison put together a 6-0 run to end the half with a big lead. Midfielder Jaci Gordon got the run started with a goal off a draw control from Curwin. Attacker Stephanie Finley tied the game after a flurry of shots with less than 10 minutes remaining in the half. Curwin gave James Madison its first lead with her 32nd second goal of the season. It came after Towson blocked a previous free position shot. Less than two minutes later, attacker Betsy Angel made it four straight goals, beating Donnelly for her 46th goal of the year. Down two goals, Towson caused a turnover in the last minute of the half that resulted in a shot from up close, but Healy made a strong stop to keep it 6-4. Instead, Gordon made it downfield and scored in front of Donnelly to make it a two-goal swing. To make matters worse, the Dukes won the ensuing draw control and Monticello made it 8-4 with four seconds left in the half. “[James Madison] is a highly talented team, especially this season,” LaMonica said. “They have a lot of scoring talent on the offensive front. If you’re not competing on the draws and not taking advantage of your possessions, they are going to hurt you.” Towson led, 7-6, in draw controls at half, but James Madison held the 12-10 advantage in shots on goal. Raymond opened the second half with her second goal to cut the deficit to 8-5. She got in front of Healy on the right side of goal and got past her to score on an empty net. Over 15 minutes passed before either team scored, and it came when Finley scored off a pass from Lawler on a free position shot. Gildea scored her second goal less than two minutes later to cut the deficit to 9-6 with 11:15 remaining. - To read the rest of this article, visit thetowerlight.com