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Revisions to housing eligibilities scrapped

December 2, 2019June 13, 2020Associate Editor Comment

By: Alex Best, Staff Writer File photo by Brendan Felch Towson University’s Department of Housing and Residence Life has scrapped upcoming revisions to [...]

Tigers travel to Annapolis seeking change

March 4, 2019March 11, 2019Associate Editor Comment

By Marcus Whitman, Staff Writer Photo by Marcus Whitman, The Towerlight Towson University and Towson University Northeastern campus students, staff, faculty and administrators [...]

TrueTU wins uncontested SGA election

May 3, 2018May 7, 2018Editor-in-Chief Comment

By: Mary-Ellen Davis, News Editor and Marcus Dieterle, Senior Staff Writer Photo courtesy of Michael McDermott. The student body of Towson University [...]

SGA candidates discuss platform priorities at 2018 debate

May 3, 2018September 11, 2018Editor-in-Chief Comment

By: Mary-Ellen Davis, News Editor Photo courtesy of Towson.edu The Student Government Association candidates elaborated on what they hope to achieve if [...]

University Union to become “vibrant center for student life”

April 16, 2018April 23, 2018Editor-in-Chief Comment

By: Mary-Ellen Davis, Assistant News Editor Photo by Brendan Felch; photo illustration by Victoria Nicholson/ The Towerlight. After completing renovations on Burdick Hall [...]

Laverne Cox shares journey of transition and triumph with TU

March 20, 2018April 3, 2018Editor-in-Chief Comment

By: Bailey Hendricks, News Editor All photos by Lexi Thompson/ The Towerlight When Laverne Cox was in the third grade, she went to [...]

Student fees set to increase

February 12, 2018February 18, 2018Associate Editor Comment

By: Sophia Bates, Staff Writer Photo by David Fisher/ The Towerlight Tuition and student fees are set to increase next year, according to [...]

Schatzel responds to Title IX reforms

September 18, 2017September 25, 2017Associate Editor Comment

By: Natalie Bland, Staff Writer and Marcus Dieterle, News Editor Towson University remains committed to preventing sexual assault and misconduct, and supporting survivors [...]

Towson to institute new building-naming policy

September 18, 2017October 2, 2017Associate Editor Comment

By: Sarah Rowan, Editor-in-Chief Violent clashes during a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, that resulted in the death of a counter-protester have [...]

Defending DACA

September 11, 2017October 2, 2017Associate Editor Comment

By: Marcus Dieterle, News Editor Towson University’s leaders and community members are defending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program after President Donald [...]