Education summer camp

Organizers of a two-day summer camp for freshmen and sophomores from two Baltimore City high schools hope today’s campers will be tomorrow’s teachers. [more]

Maryland Art Festival’s silver anniversary

Reserve your tickets for Beehive, Gypsy, The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe and more

The Maryland Arts Festival's 25th anniversary celebrates women with song, theater, plays, an opera film series and art exhibitions. [more]

So they said...

"If you want something said, ask a man...if you want something done, ask a woman."

Margaret Thatcher, 1925-

The Constitution and post-Sept. 11 realities

Former U.S. Attorney General to discuss civil liberties after 9/11

Who: Edwin Meese III, former U.S. attorney general (1985-1988)
What: "Civil Liberties vs. Terrorism," a lecture in the Edward V. Badolato Distinguished Speaker Series in Homeland Security at Towson University

When: Wed., June 28, 7 p.m.

Where: Field House's Minnegan Room, Unitas Stadium

Why: Meese, U.S. attorney general during President Reagan's second term, will share his views on civil liberties in a post-Sept. 11 world.

How: Admission is free, but seating is limited. R.S.V.P. no later than June 21 at http://wwwnew.towson.edu/outreach/register.asp or call x43200.

TU in the news

Class hits the right note with children

The Sun, June 11

Cassandra Fortin profiled Jeanne Ruviella-Knorr, TU emeritus professor of music education. Ruviella-Knorr teaches a music program at William Paca/Old Post Road Elementary School in Abingdon that combines traditional methods with movement activities and solfege (the scale system) exercises. Michael Jothen, TU Department of Music Education, says Ruviella-Knorr's program "helps children see the magic of music at a heightened level."

'Working families' gain political focus

The Sun, June 7

Metro news reporter Jill Rosen asked Richard Vatz, Department of Mass Communication and Communication Studies, to explain the term "working family," the most coveted demographic among Maryland's gubernatorial candidates. "[T]hat strikes me as one of the most meaningless phrases you find," said Vatz. "Who is not part of a working family except for a single person, who aspires to be? It's all rhetorical legerdemain."

Immigration problem is about us, not them

The Sun, June 7

Jo-Ann Pilardi, Departments of Philosophy and Women Studies, weighed in on the immigration debate with an op-ed essay on "those other 'illegals' - the illegal employers of the illegal workers," who run the gamut from hotel chain executives to nanny-employing parents. She suggests "we should stop thinking the problem is just about 'securing our borders'... [it's] fundamentally a demand for cheap labor—for a supply to fill our demand."