The Towerlight
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 The February 8, 2007 front page of The Towerlight |
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| Type | Bi-weekly newspaper |
| Format | Broadsheet |
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| Owner | Towson University |
| Editor | Brian Stelter |
| Founded | 1922 |
| Headquarters | Towson University University Union, 313 8000 York Rd. Towson, Maryland, 21252 United States |
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| Website: http://www.thetowerlight.com/ | |
The Towerlight, formerly The Oriole, is the weekly student newspaper at Towson University. It is run by Towson students, and frequently updates the campus on events and news and publishes twice a week. According to its website, it's the #1 College Newspaper in Baltimore. [1]
[edit] History
According to the first issue of the Oriole, the very first newspapers were published in 1921 with no names, in order to advertise the school and increase enrollment. There were only two issues published in 1921, and the first monthly publication was created in January 1922.
Also in the first issue, then principal Lida Lee Tall, wrote that the purpose of the newspaper was:
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The original name "The Oriole" was a suggestion from one of the seniors at the time, Ellen Hutchinson. There were a pool of names suggested, and the students voted unanimously for the name.
