A new voice

Carol Vellucci to be president's assistant for communications

These days the White House and TU share at least one thing in common: both recently appointed new spokespersons.[more]

So they said....

"Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten.”

B.F. Skinner, U.S. psychologist and author, 1904–1990

¡Viva el Caribe!
An evening of Caribbean culture
What? Enjoy authentic Caribbean appetizers, study-abroad presentations and traditional live music and dancing featuring the band Pablo Antonio y La Firma (pictured).

When? Friday, April. 28

Where? University Union's Potomac Lounge

How? Free. For more information contact Lea Ramsdell, Sigma Delta Pi (National Spanish Honor Society) adviser, or Dayana Fernandez.

TU in the news

Mosley mixes luck, love and intrigue on two boys' road to self-discovery

The Sun, April 23

Diane Scharper, Department of English, reviewed Walter Mosley's new novel, Fortunate Son, a coming-of-age story about two boys—one black and one white—growing up in Los Angeles. She wrote, "Known mostly for his award-winning Easy Rawlins mystery series, Mosley... has ventured before into other genres... [but] does so with mixed success. Fortunate Son contains an unwieldy blend of ghosts, auras, sex, violence, murder, mayhem and love."

Edmund White's changing ‘Lives’

Southern Voice Online, April 21

In a feature profile on celebrated author Edmund White, David Bergman, Department of English, said that White is the leading gay voice of his generation due to the honesty he brings to the narration of gay life. "What is distinctive about the work of his generation was that up until then, there was a tendency for gay writers to translate their experience for heterosexual readers," Bergman said. "People weren't going to apologize for this, nor were they going to make it nicer."

Beauty pours forth from Towson's ‘Pots’

Towson Times, April 19

Art critic Mike Guiliano wrote a favorable review for "Glorious Pots: An Millennium of Southest Asian Trade Ceramics," an exhibit at the Asian Arts & Culture Center that runs until May 20. The exhibit spans countries including China, Japan, Thailand and Vietnam, and a time period from the 12th through the 19th century. Guiliano said that he particularly enjoyed seeing jars with the same function from different countries and with different styles placed side to side.