After recent uptick in enrollment of minority students, TU’s student population is expected to become majority-minority
By: Caitlyn Freeman, Editor in Chief Towson University is expected to become a minority-majority campus after several years of nearly...
TUPD requires officers to wear body cameras
By: Michael Olszewski, Contributing Writer The Towson University Police Department (TUPD) is the first University System of Maryland (USM) police...
TU’s high-wage earners receive pay cut
By: Caitlyn Freeman, Assistant Editor Photo by Brendan Felch/ The Towerlight Illustration by Meghan Hudson, Editor-in-Chief Towson University announced a temporary...
Regarding readers’ responses to recent article on prison labor
The Towerlight published an article titled “Protesters urge Towson to divest from prison labor” in our Nov. 14 issue. That...
Towson to institute new building-naming policy
By: Sarah Rowan, Editor-in-Chief Violent clashes during a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, that resulted in the death of...
Campus dialogue addresses travel ban
By: Sarah Rowan, News Editor Since November, Towson University officials have repeatedly emphasized their commitment to keeping students safe no...
ONSR activists call for inclusion, renamed buildings at university system meeting
By: Sam Shelton, Senior Editor Members of Towson’s Organized Network of Student Resistance campaigned for greater diversity measures and urged...
TU faculty aren’t guaranteed raises. But the USM chancellor is.
By: Cody Boteler, Editor-in-Chief Bob Caret, chancellor of the University System of Maryland and a former TU president, will no...
USM Chancellor Bob Caret offers best wishes for TU
As Chancellor of the University System of Maryland—and someone with a strong, 40-plus-year connection to Towson University—it is my pleasure...
Kim Schatzel earns 1.3 percent raise
By: Cody Boteler, Editor-in-Chief While University System of Maryland presidents don't earn bonuses, they can earn salary raises. Towson President...